Russia’s wars
The upheaval in Syria has good news for Ukraine – and bad news
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Syria here, Ukraine there: the fall of Bashar al-Assad is a defeat for Vladimir Putin – but what consequences does that have for the Russian war in Europe?
The events in Syria have accelerated in the last few days – and Moscow has reacted just as quickly, in its own way: From Sunday onwards, the Russian media called the former “terrorists” that Russia previously fought there, suddenly only “neutrally armed”. Opposition.”
And now in Syria they are trying to save what can be saved: through talks with individual rebel groups, through contacts with the new rulers, through deals with the country that has shown that no one can get past it in this part of the region – Turkey .
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Source: Stern

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